RUSTAVI2

• Georgian judoist excluded from world championship due to negligence
  

  Georgian Olympic Champion Irakli Tsirekidze was Thursday excluded from the World Judo Championship Tokyo 2010 due to negligence.

  
  
  
• Wildfire extinguished in Kvareli woods in Western Georgia
  

  Wildfire has been extinguished in Kvareli district of Kakheti Region in Western Georgia. The process was complicated due to the difficult landscape, although fire fighters could extinguish the fire anyway.

  
  
  
• 40 hectares of woods burning in Eastern Georgia
  

  40 hectares of woods are burning in the vicinity of the village of Matani in Kakheti Region in Eastern Georgia. Fire brigades are trying to localize the fire.

  
  
  
• Three-day ambassadorial ends in Tbilisi
  

  The three-day ambassadorial finishes in Tbilisi on Thursday. Georgian president met with the Georgian ambassadors participating in the meeting. Mikheil Saakashvili gave concrete commissions to the diplomats.

  
  
  
• Interior Minister rules out open aggression against Georgia
  

  The Georgian side expects no danger within the nearest future, Georgian Interior Minister told media on Thursday. Vano Merabishvili also talked about the current situation at the occupational border...

  
  
  
• Georgian President views new works in compact settlement of IDPs
  

  Georgian President visited a Household and Hygiene Products factory in the village of Tserovani, where IDPs are living in compact settlements on Thursday.

  
  
  
• Pirates seize ship with Georgian and Turkish crew
  

  13 detained Georgian nationals remain in the captivity of Somali pirates. They have already been identified. Georgian Foreign Ministry has engaged in the case of releasing of the sailors.

  
  
  
• OSCE Secretary General gives exclusive interview to Rustavi 2 TV-station
  

  Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Marc Perrin de Brichambaut talked about the Security Summit to be held in Astana, Kazakhstan in December, 2010 in his exclusive interview with Courier newscast of Rustavi 2 Georgian TV station.

  
  
  
• 16 die in explosion in Vladikavkaz, N.Ossetia
  

  September 10 has been declared a mourning day in North Ossetia. The people killed in the terrorist act that took place outside an open market in Vladikavkaz will be commemorated on Friday.

  
  
  
• Meeting at the Education Ministry
  

  First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia, Koka Seperteladze met with the teachers of a new optional subject World Culture designed for the 11th graders of the general educational institutions. First Deputy awarded the teachers with certificates.